Indiana's corn harvest is still 10 percent behind schedule, with soybeans about on track, as a year of difficult farming conditions stretches into November.

The hatchery at the Vigo County Industrial Park will cover nearly 118,000-square-feet and employ about 100 workers.

The soybean crop is on track as of this week, but corn is less than half harvested - putting family farms like White Oak Farms in Putnam County under the gun.

The study committee's report will recommend expanding public notice requirements for farmers seeking to build a CAFO,

A legislative study committee is studying large-scale animal agriculture this summer.

Legislators could introduce new regulations during the next legislative session. Committee hearings on the issue have drawn impassioned testimony from supporters and opponents alike.

The state's soybean crop is 42 percent harvested as of this week, about the same as average. But the corn crop lags at just 24 percent.

The first stage of the initiative is funded by state money, set aside in the last legislative session.

In a statement, USDA secretary Sonny Perdue says McKinney will "wake up every morning seeking to sell more American agricultural products in foreign markets."

Research says the controversial herbicide damaged several million acres of soybeans and specialty crops in the Midwest since it came into use last year.